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The developer of The Day Before, Steam's most hated game, is shutting down just days after launch
16K View2023-12-12
It's been a long time since we've seen a fall from grace quite so spectacular as The Day Before. The latest twist in that saga comes with today's news that developer Fntastic is shutting down just days after the game finally launched in early access.
This survival zombie shooter first came on gamers' radars a couple years ago with an impressive first trailer. Despite few people having heard of Russian developer Fntastic, the trailer built a huge amount of buzz, and The Day Before quickly became one of the most wishlisted games on Steam of all time. Equally quickly, however, more discerning gamers started questioning whether the trailer was showing actual gameplay or if it was all nonsense.
After two more years of drama and delays, The Day Before finally launched in early access just last week. And surprise! It seems that trailer was, in fact, mostly nonsense. Fntastic had promised an open-world MMO experience, but what was delivered was a much smaller-scale extraction game—one with servers that seemed to barely function and gameplay that felt extremely rough compared to the competition.
Though it has only been available in early access for a few days now, The Day Before has quickly amassed over seventeen thousand negative user reviews on Steam. From one of the most wishlisted games on the platform to one of the most negatively reviewed—that's a hell of a fall.
Fntastic's story of hubris wasn't quite done there, though. Today the developer posted a statement on Twitter announcing that the studio is being shut down. "Unfortunately, The Day Before has failed financially, and we lack the funds to continue," the statement read. It also stated that servers would stay active for The Day Before (as well as the developer's previous game, Propnight), but that the game's future beyond that is unknown.
Predicting the criticism they would inevitably receive, the statement also made sure to mention that the developer "didn't take any money from the public during the development of The Day Before; there were no pre-orders or crowdfunding campaigns." That's true, though it also seems noteworthy that Fntastic just spent the past few days selling early access to the game for a hefty $39.99.
"We apologize if we didn't meet your expectations," Fntastic wrote. "We did everything within our power, but unfortunately, we miscalculated our capabilities. Creating games is an incredibly challenging endeavor."
As of the time of writing, the ability to purchase The Day Before has been removed from Steam. If you're curious for more details on just how bad this game is, you can read impressions from TapTap editor Jay Hunter at the link below. Spoilers: He didn't like it at all either.
The Day Before is officially the worst game I’ve ever played
https://m.taptap.io/post/6653242
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The Day Before - Many PROMISES, NONE Fulfilled...
🎮 Game: The Day Before 🍭 Platform: PC (Steam) | ✨ Genre: Extraction | Third Person | Zombies | PVP | Survival |
🧟The Day Before is a game that was surrounded in controversy a long time before this game even released. From changes in trailer visuals to the countless delays and rumors whether the game even existed. Well, here it is... The game exists, and it didn't come through with what it promised at all.
Sora Synn8592023-12-09
The Day Before IS THE BIGGEST FRAUD....
The Day Before Saga finally Ended. THE biggest Underdog turned into the biggest fraud with 5 years of development and 3 of those years was filled with overall controversy. Ranging from whether the game exists, whether its a scam or is the game gonna be the next big hit in the zombie survival genre! Well I can say this The Day Before actually exists but at what cost this game if I even want to call it a game but it shouldn't exist especially in the state that it is in. The Day Before developed by Fntastic and published by Mytona is an overall big Lie it is far from what it was even remotely advertised.
Chaotic Inc. 2K2023-12-11
The Day Before - This Game Was NOT What Was PROMISED!
I'd say that The Day Before was a disaster we all knew was coming. The game had so many issues before it even launched, it was amazing that the game even existed. The fact that the trailers promised so much that the actual game never had is a big red flag. The devs claim that they worked on this game for 5 years, but the game feels like a very early release of a bare bones game that if it wasn't advertised as an open world mmorpg and an actual extraction game that it turned out to be, it could have been an okay game... I suppose. But that's if you really strip down all the things that aren't good about the game at the moment. Will this game survive? I'm not sure. The game is sitting at overwhelmingly negative reviews on steam right now. This is the first game that I feel deserves a low score, I give this game a 4/10, and that's being somewhat generous because underneath it all, there is the beginnings of a below average extraction game, that given time, could be an average game. But for now, this game is a giant disaster.
Sora Synn4K2023-12-09
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2023-12-12
government puppets*
2023-12-26
The game has a very deep story /01 - and /02
2023-12-15
Well it was sooner than i expected If you all remember Way back in time When they first realese there Game Trailer It was super hype And full of potential A lot of promising words and details But When they realese it on the First day It was a total disappointment literally when you first play the game A bugs Appear i mean its ok cause every game has it But the fact the Game was develope For how many year Gyat its not even a thing to have a bug on the game and all the Promising Blah blah talk they said earlier way back none of them exist in the game I rather play London zombie Its the same Thing but london zombie has more Appeal than this game yeah well thats that A total let down Should have not realese the game
2023-12-12